Deaths

[A listing of deaths of which word has been received within the past month. Full notices mayappear in this issue or a later one.]

We list this month the names of 44 Dartmouth men who have not been heard from for over 30 years and are presumed to be dead.

Fay, Ernest N. '97, presumed dead Hart, Charles V. '01, presumed dead Hines, Ezra D. '22, presumed dead McVicar, Edward J. '02, presumed dead Smith, Chesley H. '02, presumed dead Bass, Harold B. '05, presumed dead Lambe, Roland '05, presumed dead Norcross, Winfield I. '05, presumed dead Ricker, Charles H. '05, presumed dead Wilton, Richard C. '05, presumed dead Wales, Charles R. '06, presumed dead Cotter, Michael A. '07, presumed dead Keenan, John '07, presumed dead Wadsworth, William J. '07, presumed dead Dann, William W. 'O8, presumed dead Erhard, Henry A. '09, Jan. 18 Adams, Benjamin F. '12, Feb. 2 Evans, George A. '12, presumed dead McCaffrey, Harry '12, Dec. 12, 1968 Miller, Clifford L. '12, presumed dead Boyle, Michael H. '12, presumed dead Cook, Ellis R. '13, presumed dead Goldsborough, Thaddeus R. '13, presumed dead Oliver, Harry W. '13, presumed dead Buck, Carroll W. '14, presumed dead Chen, Po '14, presumed dead Gray, Franklin M. '14, Oct. 31, 1965 Lee, Tsing L. '14, presumed dead Lincoln, Proctor P. '14, Jan. 27 Tilton, George H. '14, Jan. 20 Adams, George W. '15, Jan. 29 Bruen, Alexander McW. '15, Jan. 6, 1967 Devine, Walter J. '16, presumed dead Gray, Robert B. '16, presumed dead Haas, Burton F. '16, presumed dead McLaughlin, James R. Jr. '16, presumed dead May, Lawrence C. '16, presumed dead Porter, Victor W. '16, Dec. 1, 1966 Riley, Leo E. '16, presumed dead Shedd, Karl E. '16, Jan. 16 Soule, Roderique F. '16, Jan. 16 Stowell, Kenneth K. '16, Jan. 19 Walsh, Henry W. '16, presumed dead Boynton, Philip F. '18, Feb. 13 O'Connell, Thomas J. '18, Feb. 6 Butterworth, Benjamin T. '19, Jan. 21 Lu, Ming '19, presumed dead Papp, Alexander '19, presumed dead Bascom, Henry A. Jr. '21, presumed dead Ekberg, Bert E. '21, presumed dead Littlefield, Alton T. '21, Oct. 22, 1967 Almy, Robert F. '22, Feb. 1 Decker, Harold C. '22, presumed dead Hall, William W. '22, presumed dead Harvey, Ellis M. Jr. '22, Dec. 9, 1960 Hunt, Ernest R. '22, presumed dead Kincaid, Daniel W. '22, Apr. 27, 1968 Liao, Harry F. '22, presumed dead Morreau, Lee H. '22, presumed dead Parsons, Ellsworth A. '22, presumed dead Perry, Standish '22, presumed dead Thompson, Williford N. '22, presumed dead Vancore, Leonard H. '22, Jan. 25 Young, Ivan M. '22, presumed dead Coulter, Craven H. '23, Feb. 3 Moody, Charles H. '25, Jan. 3 Faletti, Stephen L. '23, May 24, 1966 Low, Frederick B. '24, Dec. 22, 1968 Oatman, William F. '24, Jan. 22 Vincent, Harry W. Jr. '25, Jan. 11 Dickason, L. King '26, Jan. 2 Phelps, J. Thomason '29, Nov. 26, 1968 Tunnell, Robert G. '29, Jan. 7 Colby, Russell E. '30, Jan. 19 Powers, W. Langdon '34, Jan. 20 Marion, B. Pope '46, Jan. 27 Spark, Michael M. '46, Jan. 15 Silberstein, Laurence E. '46, Jan. 27 Bowman, John W. '50, May 30, 1964 Joslin, Michael McC. '63, Jan. 31 Arthur, Robert E. Jr. '64, Feb. 8

1900

The class of 1900 has lost another of its members in the death of CORNELIUS URBAN TIRRELL on December 31. He passed away at the home of his daughter in Beaconsfield, Quebec. On this date, as was his usual custom, he was sitting in his rocking chair reading the morning news, and fell into a deep sleep from which he did not awake. A memorial service was held at the Collins Funeral Chapel, Pointe Claire, and interment was in Lakeview Cemetery.

"Cut" was born in Whitman, Mass., September 15, 1878. He entered Dartmouth from Weymouth, Mass., high school in the fall of 1896 and graduated in 1900 with the degree of Litt.B. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Dragon, the Varsity Track team, the Glee Club, and was pianist for the college orchestra.

In 1902 he joined the United Shoe Machinery Co. of Boston which he faithfully served for 45 years, until his retirement in 1947. In 1910 he was transferred to the Montreal branch of the company first, as chief accountant, then assistant secretary, and finally as assistant general manager. In 1910 he married Bessie Owen of Melrose, Mass., who, after several years of invalidism, passed away in 1963. "Cut" was active with many civic and professional organizations. He was a charter member of the National Office Management Association; fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, London, England; past president of the Quarter-Century Club, U. S. M. C. of Canada; a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, member of the Board of Governors of the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children in Montreal; a member of the Montreal Ski Club, and was an elder of the sessions of the Dominion-Douglas church. He continued his musical interest by serving as organist in various churches. One of his great hobbies was gardening and he beautified the grounds of his Montreal home with flowers and also raised fruits and vegetables. During his years in Boston he was a member of Troop D of the National Guard.

"Cut" was an ever loyal and devoted member of 1900 and of Dartmouth and attended class reunions whenever possible. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. A. R. Hicks, his son Donald Owen, and four grandchildren.

1909

HENRY ALKER ERHARD of 162 Cherry St., Wenham, died in Ipswich, Mass., on January 18, 1969. Henry was born in Brookline, Mass., and came to Dartmouth from that town with his brother Emile. Henry however only remained for freshman year but did join Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He received his A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1909.

He then entered the investment banking field first with Warner, Tucker & Co. and then in 1915 his own firm of Pierson, Erhard & Co., Inc. where he served through the various offices of the corporation until his retirement.

He was married to Helen Weber in Brookline, Mass., on April 27, 1913. She survives as do two sons. Funeral services were held at the Church of St. Paul, Hamilton, Mass., on January 21, 1969.

1910

ADOLPH DAY BRESLER died August 2, 1968 in California. He prepared for College at Cleveland East High School and remained with our class until sophomore year. He was born in Cleveland November 25, 1888. In 1915 he married Elsa Dryfoos at Cleveland. They had one son and one daughter.

In 1955 he retired from Chicago Board of Trade but continued active investing personally in commercial real estate. In late years he made his home at 4100 Granada Blvd., Coral Gables, Fla.

1912

"COUNT" MCCAFFREY suffered a stroke on December 9, 1968 and passed away three days later at Flushing Hospital, Long Island, N. Y, at the age of 81. Up to this time he had been in moderately good health.

Harry McCaffrey was born in Charlestown, Mass., August 24, 1887. Preparing for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, he entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1912 but remained there only one year. That short term is no indication of the pride he manifested in his association with Dartmouth nor the admiration he had for 1912's Class President, Basil O'Connor While he was at Dartmouth he was a member of the varsity track squad, of Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Turtle.

During World War I, "Count" was in the service in charge of a flying field in the dangerous and tedious task of instructing youngsters. In 1920 he published a work on the Theory of Thermostatics. Little is known of his activities since then until the last four or five years when he was connected with Lennon and Newell, Inc., an advertising company in New York City. For the past several years he had been a regular attendant at the annual class reunions.

On September 30, 1914 Harry married Catherine E. Lewis of Boston who died in 1949. High Requiem Mass for Harry was held at St. Michael's Church in Flushing on December 16 with burial in Resurrection Cemetery at Amity-ville, Long Island. He is survived by a son, Harry L. McCaffrey '51 of Newtown, Conn.

One of 1912's most ardent travelers, and a nephew of our former Dean "Chuck" Emerson died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Alexandria, Va. on January 8, 1969.

MARK WHITE REED first saw the light of day on January 14, 1890 at Chelmsford, Mass. He entered Dartmouth from Chelmsford High School and while in college became a Rufus Choate Scholar and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Mark was awarded honorable mention in French and philosophy, taking departmental honors in the latter. He also won second prize in the Grimes English Composition contest. From 1910 to 1911 he studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and from 1913 to 1915 he took Professor Baker's famous "English 47" courses. Dartmouth awarded him a Bachelor of Science degree magna cum laude in 1912.

Mark was drafted on September 8, 1917, and sailed for France 10 days later where he trained at Neuf Chateau, and was sent to the front in the Chemin des Dames sector. Here Mark was attached to the French army to study camouflage. His job was with the artillery, supervising the construction of the concealment over the guns. He saw action at Seichprey in the St. Mihiel Offensive and in the Meuse-Argonne from September 18 to November 11, 1918. Discharge came on February 5, 1919.

Mark was a playwright. For a time he had the distinction of being the only living Dartmouth graduate who had written a Broadway hit. His writings included "She Would and She Did," "Let's Get Rich," "Transfer of Property," "Skyrocket," "Petticoat Fever," "That Man Wilson," and "Yes, My Darling Daughter." The latter ran four hundred performances on Broadway and has been filmed. This play and "Petticoat Fever" have been presented all over the world except in dictator nations. In 1950 Mark retired to Boothbay Harbor, Me., and later moved to Alexandria. In addition to travel, he enjoyed tennis, gardening, and art.

On July 1, 1940 Mark married Virginia Belding of New York who survives him. One of his cousins was Leonard Dupee White '14.

1914

STANLEY CARTER STRATTON, 68, died on August 11, 1968, in Bryn Mawr, Pa., his life a credit not only to his college but to Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering.

The words engineer and manager describe his entire career of building or operating mills or Power plants for the paper industry both in the United States and in Canada. It all started with eighteen years of association with the New York City engineering firm of H. S. Ferguson & Co. on assignments to the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Co. of Minneapolis for whom he worked full time from 1932 until his retirement in 1957.

Stanley did take time off while building a power plant in Lockport, N. Y. In 1917 he joined Company B of the 167th U. S. Engineer regiment to serve overseas 16 months in France and Germany with the 32nd Division. It was on his return that he married on July 12, 1921, Margaret May Gaughan who now survives him as do his daughter and his three grandchildren.

1915

DR. GEORGE WILLIAM ADAMS, a Washington physician for 50 years and the last survivor of the eleven original interns at Freedmen's Hospital, died January 29, 1969 at his home, 627 Kenton St. N.W., Washington, D. C.

George was born March 9, 1894 in Washington. A District native, he was graduated from the old M Street High School, and received his bachelor's degree in 1915 from Dartmouth where he was a member of Chi Delta Mu fraternity and Kappa Alpha Psi. He received his M.D. degree from Howard University. In World War I, he saw service as a private on active duty with the Medical Reserve Corps.

After interning with the first group at Freedmen's Hospital during 1918-1919, Dr. Williams was one of the first Negro physicians selected for postgraduate study on a Rosenwald Fellowship at Harvard University in 1920-1921.

From 1923 to 1943 he was pathologist at Freedmen's, during which time he taught biochemistry and clinical pathology at Howard University's medical school. He had been in private practice there since 1943. Last May the Association of Former Interns and Residents of Freedmen's Hospital, Inc. honored Dr. Adams at its 46th annual meeting for his 50 years of practice.

A golfer, Dr. Adams was a founder of the Royal Golf Club and a past president of the United Golf Association, a national organization, and also of the Eastern Golf Association.

Besides his wife, Adelaide Beverly, he leaves two sons, and four grandchildren. Services were held at Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington and burial was in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.

1916

KARL EASTMAN SHEDD suffered another stroke on January 13 and without regaining consciousness died in an Athens, Ga., hospital on January 16, his seven-year trial of courage, mute in a wheel-chair, ended. He was born in Haverhill, Mass., on December 30, 1894.

At Dartmouth, Karl was a member of the Cosmos Club and an honor student, majoring in Spanish and French. He went on to earn the M.A. degree in Spanish-American literature at Harvard in 1917, and a Yale Ph.D. in 1933 - thus making him a three degree man in the Ivy League. He was a member of the honor societies Gamma Alpha and Phi Kappa Phi.

He taught in many colleges and universities, notably at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Va., where he was head of the Romance Language Department 1934-46, and at the University of Georgia, Athens, where he was head of the Spanish Department 1946-62. He worked in the vineyards on many committees, councils, and confrences to serve his field. His distinguished record as an educator for some fifty years is listed at length in "Who's Who in America" 1950 edition and in the ACLS Directory of American Scholars in Foreign Languages.

At the First Presbyterian Church in Athens he was for 23 years a member, elder, and deacon; and through the seven years of Karl's disability hundreds of friends from the university, church, and town continually stood by to show their friendship and respect. One such occasion was on August 26, 1967 when the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Karl's marriage to Florence Christensen of Roslindale and Simmons College was celebrated in the church. And there it was also that funeral services for Karl were held on January 17, 1969. Burial was in Thornrose Cemetery at Staunton, Va.

Polly survives him, at 161 Milledge Heights, Athens, Ga., as do their son Donald H. '47 and five grandchildren, of Atlanta. To two fine and gallant people, Karl and Polly Shedd, the Class bows in tribute.

As if preordained, Audrey Soule in the spring of 1968 cruised with friends to the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. In June, Rod and his next-door neighbor took a jaunt to Alaska. In October their son's wedding was held in their family home. In November, Rod and Audrey together touched back at Hanover and with the Stearnses. Missions completed, Rod died suddenly on January 16, at his home in Freeport, Me.

RODERIQUE FRANCIS SOULE was born at Freeport, son of a sea captain, on March 3, 1895. From Hebron Academy, he came to Dartmouth and became a member of Phi Kappa Psi. In the first World War, he served 1917-1919 as a sergeant in the Chemical Warfare Service. Later he was a Mason and American Legionnaire.

Rod and Audrey Jackson were married at Hyde Park, Mass., in June, 1921. They settled in the Boston area and Rod was a grocery buyer for First National Stores from 1926 until retirement in 1963. But it was hardly retirement; Rod simply moved back to the Freeport of his boyhood and travelled New England as a grocery manufacturers' representative and saw more of the country he loved. Similarly, he served 1916 as Class Treasurer 1956-1961; then, when Art Conley passed away in 1964, Rod filled out Art's term to 1966 - driving over to our 50th reunion for just long enough to turn the class accounts and check books over to his successor. Reliable as Maine.

Surviving him are his widow Audrey, of Spar Cove Road, Freeport, and their son William J. To all the family, the deep sympathy of the Class is extended.

KENNETH KINGSLEY STOWELL, former architect, teacher and editor, died of a heart ailment on January 19 in San Francisco. He and Barbara had wintered there, latterly at 72 Sixth Avenue, since he retired. He was 74.

A native New Yorker, Ken came from DeWitt Clinton High School to Dartmouth, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, of the Freshman Mandolin Club and of the Jack-o-Lantern Board for all four years. He then earned a master's degree in architecture from Harvard in 1921 and, the next two years on travelling fellowship, studied the architectural treasures of Europe.

"K.K.'s" own distinguished career started with an associate professorship of architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1924 to 1927. Returning to New York, he was editor successively of The Architectural Forum to 1935; of The American Architect and Architecture, 1935-1936; of House Beautiful, 1936-1942; and editor-in-chief of The Architectural Record, 1942-1949. In 1949 and while continuing on the editorial board of the latter, he was named vice president of. eastern operations of Giflels & Vallet, Inc., and L. Rossetti, engineers and architects of Detroit. During the New York years Ken extended his influence through at least four local chapters or leagues in his profession and characteristically rose to the presidency of three. Wherever he lived, he was also a leader in his church.

Retiring in 1958 to the lovely little place he long had owned at Friendship, Me., Ken continued to enjoy his hobbies - golf, sailing, and swimming. But many years he and Barbara spent months on end, by boat and Renault visiting their favorite places and friends in Italy, France, England, and Scandinavia.

Ken was married in June 1924 to Barbara Tompkins of Madison, N. J. She survives him as do two daughters, a brother, and three grandchildren. Kenneth Stowell was a rare person. As Barbara wrote: "Let us rejoice in having known him."

1918

Our classmate GEORGE GILMAN DAVIS, after long hospitalization in his native city, Haverhill, Mass., died there on 13 December last. In the Haverhill public schools he prepared for Dartmouth. To Haverhill he returned after being graduated with us in 1918 and from Harvard Law in 1921. In that same year he gained admission to the bar; and he launched at once on the professional career that besides gaining him membership in the Haverhill and the Massachusetts Bar Associations - and ultimately the presidency of the former - brought him to partnership in the Haverhill law firm of Soroka, McDonald, Cogswell, Davis, and Macdugall, from which ill health forced his retirement in 1962.

Not only his legal practice but also the affairs of his church, Haverhill's Portland Street Baptist, occupied his interest and gained his generously given service. During World War II he was a member of the Haverhill draft board, He was a corporator of the Haverhill Savings and the Pentucket Five Cents Savings Banks; served for many years as trustee of Family Welfare Society of Haverhill, as treasurer of the board of directors of the Haverhill YWCA, as a director of the Griffin-White Home, and as a member of the Haverhill Union Mission. He was also a member of Merrimack Lodge, F and AM.

He is survived by his wife Doris (Murray) Davis, of 22 Webster St., two sons, a daughter, a sister, and seven grandchildren. To them in their bereavement, our Class not only extends sympathy but also to them gratefully affirms its pride in numbering him, a modest and valiant gentleman, upon the rolls.

1919

BENJAMIN THOMAS BUTTERWORTH passed away on January 21 in Stamford, Conn. Ben came to Hanover from Brooklyn, N. Y., and was with the class until 1917 when he joined the Army Aviation Service. He lived in New Canaan, Conn., for many years and latterly in Southbury, Conn. at Heritage Village.

Ben was a Christian Science Practitioner and First Reader of the New Canaan Church and also a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, "The Mother Church."

Surviving are his wife, the former Evelyn Monson, three daughters, and a brother, to whom goes the sincere, sympathy of the Class in their sorrow.

1920

DR. HAROLD EDWARD CLARK (Hal), 24 Crane Road, Scarsdale, N. Y., died January 4, 1969, at the White Plains Hospital. He was born September 13, 1897 at Malone, N. Y., and prepared for college at the Franklin Academy. He was a Navy veteran of both World Wars and in World War II he was fleet surgeon far the South Atlantic Fleet. During the time he was captain in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy Reserve, he was Chief of Surgery in tne Naval installations at Jacksonville, Fla., Charleston. S. C., and Newport, R. I.

He received his M.D. at the College of physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in 1923. His whole life has been devoted to his profession. At the time of his death he was director of the emergency department of University Hospital and was a former professor of surgery at the New York University Medical School. He has been associated with the New York Medical Center and its predecessors for over 40 years. He was a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the New York Surgical Society and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was also author of many books and articles. He was an active member of the Hitchcock Presbyterian Church where the Memorial Services were held. The Class was represented at the services by Carl and Dorothy Lenz also of Scarsdale and Ginger and Mary Bruce of Wolcott, Conn.

Hal was married at Jacksonville, Fla., in 1944 to Catharine McCaskill. The sympathy of the Class goes to Catharine, his son and daughter, and his sister.

1921

A victim of high blood pressure and heart disease, HERMON BEMIS NOYES died Dec. 12. He was Office Manager at Industrial Conversions Inc. of Maspeth, N. Y., which produced plastics, packagings, button blanking, and aircraft parts, until 1962 when the business was dissolved. He then was associated with Marlboro Research Corp. His home was 24-26 29th St., Long Island City.

Born March 18, 1899 in Nashua, N. H., he prepared at Nashua High School for Dartmouth where he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, the Choir, Glee Club, Chess Team, and Third Honor Group.

After college he worked for the Lincoln Warehouse Corp. until World War II when he became an inspector in salvage at the Brewster Aeronautical Corp., Long Island City. With associates from Brewster, he formed Industrial Conversions.

At the marriage of Hermon and Mary Hall of Easton, Pa., Nov. 5, 1927, ..Lincoln H. Weld was best man. Survivors are his wife and two children, Mrs. David P. Bartlett of Concord, N. H., and Charles H. Noyes of Farmington, Conn. Burial was in Atkinson, N. H., where the Noyes farm used to be.

1923

Word has just come to us via the Princeton Alumni Weekly that STEPHEN LAURENCE FALETTI passed away on May 24, 1966 at his home in Peru, Ill. Steve was with us for one semester in 1920 and very little is known of his business career. From Dartmouth he transferred to Princeton where he graduated in 1924 and where he was a member of Campus Club. He continued his interest in the University in later years as a member of the School and Scholarship Committee. Survivors are his wife Virginia and two sons.

EDWARD EVERETT ("Den") POPE passed away at his home in Longmeadow, Mass., on January 8. Den was 68 years old and had lived m Longmeadow for the past 15 years. His twin, fraternity brother, and classmate Elmer Donald ("Urn") Pope died in 1950.

Den came to Dartmouth from Worcester Academy. His fraternity was Phi Gamma Delta and he managed the swimming team in his senior year. During World War II he served a hitch as a Navy lieutenant while his brother managed their Mill Brand Paper Company in Ppringfield, Mass. When Um passed away Den not only continued with the business but kept a watchful eye on his brother's two, then small, children.

Den was a member of the First Congregational Church and the Longmeadow Country Club. He was also a loyal supporter of the Springfield area's annual 1923 get-togethers. Survivors include his widow, Marie Caron Pope, a brother, Thomas, two nieces, and a nephew. The Class was represented at the funeral by Babe Miner, Gus Ryan, and Len Truesdell.

JOHN FARIST WINDSOR died January 11 at Bridgeport, Conn., hospital. Born in Bridgeport, John came to Dartmouth with his brother George Sherman from Blair Academy. Both were members of Psi Upsilon.

At Dartmouth for one year, John transferred to Columbia and graduated from its School of Business Administration. At the time of his death he was the retired president and chairman of Bridgeport Hardware Manufacturing Company. Survivors include his wife, the former Margaret Neithercut, his brother George who is now living at Passe-a-Grille, Fla., two daughters, and three grandchildren.

CHARLES HERBERT MOODY died on January 3 after a short illness. Charlie and Margaret had just retired to their home on Lookout Mountain in Gadsden, Ala., when he passed away.

Charlie Moody spent most of his business career with Dwight Mfg. Co. and Cone Mills Corp., ending as manager of one of the largest cotton mills in the South. When the Cone Corp. was liquidated he joined the Small Business Administration from which he retired in 1968. Survivors include his wife Margaret, a daughter, and three grandchildren.

1924

WILLIAM FRANK OATMAN died in Santa Barbara, Calif., on January 22, 1969. He was born in Dundee, Ill., and returned there after graduating from Dartmouth. He immediately entered the milk business and remained in that line for the balance of his active business life. He was first associated with leading dried milk products companies in Ill. and Wise, and in 1938 formed his own, Midwest Dried Milk Co., in Geneva, Ill., which he continued to direct until his recent retirement.

In 1927 Bill married Maxine Swan. His wife, their two children, John and Rachel, and several grandchildren survive him. Since retirement Bill and Maxine have been living at 1300 Tunnel Rd., Santa Barbara, where daughter Rachel also lives. Son John continues to reside in Geneva. Bill's brother, Laurence, graduated from Dartmouth in 1926.

FREDERICK BILLINGS LOW died in a Portland, Me., nursing home on December 22, 1968. Fred had resided in Florida for many years, but in more recent times had made his home in Maine. While in Florida Fred was dock-master at the Ocean Reef Club at North Key Largo. A son, Sumner L. Plunkett, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1949. He is also survived by two other sons, a daughter, and eight grandchildren.

1927

HENRY FALES HALE died in Boston on December 30, 1968. He entered Hanover from Boston and returned there upon graduation. For years he had been an investment counselor with the William H. Coburn & Co., and Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, and lived in Newton. During World War II Henry was a civilian employee of the Corps of Engineers. He had been most active with the Massachusetts Galahad Council, an Episcopal boys' and young men's club; a director of the unit in his church; and served as a member of the executive committee of the Massachusetts Council. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Rollin C. Batchelder of Manchester, N. H., and Mrs. Florence H. Munsell of Providence, R. I. Memorial services were held at the Pitman Chapel on January 2.

1929

Word has just been received from the brother of JOHN THOMASON PHELPS that John passed away last November 26, at San Anselmo, Calif., his home for the past 21 years. John was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and his brother Charles who survives him was also a member of the Class of '29.

Since 1947 he has held a very important position as attorney for the California Public Utilities Commission. Tom's wife, Loretta, who was active in other civic affairs, passed away in March, 1968; and since Tom himself was not well at the time Loretta's passing was a hard blow to him.

His sons, Roger and Jim, 19 and 15, are excellent in their college and high school activities and should follow in their dad's successful footsteps. The members of the Class of 1929 will miss him.

We are grieved to hear of the death of JOHN LOWELL PRATT, who died in Amityville, L. I., on Dec. 25, 1968.

Ginter was a member of Phi Delta Theta and a valued member of our class. We will miss him. He was a publisher who specialized in books on sports. When he left college he worked for his father, president of A. S. Barnes Company. He became president of the firm in 1937. In 1958 he left Barnes to become president of the American Sports Publishing Company, which he purchased from A. G. Spaulding Company in 1940. He was vice-president of Thomas Nelson & Sons from 1960 to 1962, when he became president of J. Lowell Pratt & Company, Inc., 38 East 52nd Street. He was the editor of numerous sports books, co-author of the Official Encyclopedia of Sports and a consultant editor on sports for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hammond, Inc. published his edition of "Currier and Ives Chronicles of America."

He is survived by his widow, the former Mrs. Elizabeth Richmond Parker at 20 Bayside PL, Amityville; two children by his first marriage, Major John C. Pratt '54 and Mrs. Nancy P. Bottero, and six grandchildren. Our condolences go out to his family.

We have just heard of the death on 7 January of our classmate, ROBERT GORDON TUNNELL. Bob died at Erie, Pa., while undergoing heart surgery. He had previously undergone heart surgery in 1955.

Born in Denver, Colo., on April 23, 1907, he entered college from Yonkers, N. Y., High School. His fraternity was Delta Upsilon.

After graduation Bob established Tunnell's Real Estate and Insurance Agency and was still operating this business at the time of his death. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Corry and was Clerk of Session. Memberships also included the Elks Club; the Rotary Club, of which he was past-president and treasurer; charter membership in the Corry Area Life Underwriters; the School Board; Civil Service Board; American Red Cross; and the Chamber of Commerce. He served as chairman of the Revenue Division of the Centennial Committee.

He is survived by his widow, Catherine, of 11 West Park Place, Corry, Pa.; two sons, Robert G. Jr. '6l and William; one daughter, Kathe; his mother, a sister, and a grandson. We shall miss him.

1930

The death of IRA CLARENCE THURMOND JR. on July 30, 1966 has been reported just recently to the class. "I.C." was a rancher in Elk City, Okla. After leaving Dartmouth in 1928 he attended the University of Oklahoma and also Southern California prior to operating the Red Rock Ranch, of which he was the owner.

He was a soil conservation specialist and had received several awards for outstanding accomplishment in his area. He was a Mason and member of the Lions. The class extends its sympathy to his widow Orlean and daughter Laurel.

1934

WILBUR LANGDON ("Ike") POWERS died at his home, 130 Bowdoin Street, Beacon Hill, Boston, on January 20, 1969.

A 1938 graduate of Harvard Law School, Ike joined the Boston law firm of Sherburne, Powers & Needham that year. From 1953 to 1955, he served as Assistant United States Attorney for Massachusetts, and subsequently as Assistant District Attorney of Middlesex County. At the time of his death, Ike was Assistant District Attorney of Suffolk County and a faculty member of the Suffolk University Law School.

In 1959, Ike and his brother, Walter, gained nationwide attention as defense counsel for Willem van Rie, radio operator on a Dutch vessel, who was charged with the shipboard murder of a woman passenger. Van Rie was acquitted.

Ike's career in the law was interrupted by military service in World War II. Entering the Army in 1940 as a second lieutenant, he served for 16 months in the European Theatre of Operations. Ike was wounded at St. Lô, in the Allied invasion of France. His decorations included the Purple Heart (1944) and the Bronze Star, awarded him in August, 1945 "for meritorious service in connection with military operations against the enemy in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Germany between February 1 , 1945 and May 1, 1945." He was discharged in 1945 with the rank of lieutenantcolonel.

Ike prepared for Dartmouth at Deerfield Academy. Majoring in English, he also compiled a distinguished record as an athlete and campus leader. Ike was first-string back on the 1933 varsity football and left wing on the 1934 varsity hockey teams, and a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Green Key, Palaeopitus, and Casque and Gauntlet.

Ike's passing was preceded, during the summer of 1968, by the death of his wife, Marjorie. He is survived, however, by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Powers '06, his brother, Walter Jr. '43, a daughter, and two sons.

Vital, amiable, and determined, Ike Powers was a man to be remembered. Those who were privileged to be included among his friends have lost a rare one. To all the members of his family, the Class of 1934 extends heartfelt condolences.

1938

Word has been received of the death on November 21 at his home at 1139 Phoenixville Pike, West Chester, Pa., of RICHARD KBESELBACH, a research associate with E. I. du Pont de Nemours in Wilmington, Del.

Dick prepared for Dartmouth at Montclair, N. J., Academy and Was a member while here of the Pictorial Board. After Dartmouth he did graduate work at Columbia Business School for one year. He joined du Pont in 1951, where he did research and development in instrumentation for chemical plants. His mefflberships included the American Chemical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Dick was married in 1950 to Penelope Morgan Carpenter; there is a son living at home and a daughter studying in Sweden. No cause of death has been given.

The Class will join in its sympathy to his widow and family. We shall miss him at the Reunion this June and during the months an years to come.

1942

It is with deep sorrow that the College and the Class of 1942 report the third death among '42 class members since November 28, 1968.

WILLIAM EDGAR HOUSEL of 900 Potts Lane, Bryn Mawr, Pa., died at his home on January g 1969. He was an investment advisor for Brown Brothers, Harriman and Company in Philadelphia. Bill was 47.

Upon graduation from Dartmouth where he was a member of Sigma Chi and Dragon, he entered the U.S. Navy Supply Corps, and served four years, two in the Pacific with Fleet Air Wing One. Discharged as a lieutenant junior grade he completed two years of executive training with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and then entered investment advisory work. In 1948 he married Betty Pew and they have lived in the Philadelphia area since that time. He served as a deacon in the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church.

Bill entered Dartmouth from Milton High School, Milton, Pa. He was a member of the Racquet Club and the Merion Cricket Club.

Surviving are his widow, Marjorie Elizabeth; two sons, William Jr. and Frederick; a daughter, Elizabeth; his mother, and two sisters.

1946

RICHARD KNIGHT HEADLEY died on March 15, 1968 in Everett, Wash. A native of St. Paul, Dick attended Dartmouth during the fall and winter of 1942-43 before entering the United States Air Force. After completion of his service as a first lieutenant, he attended the University of Minnesota. At the time of his death, Dick was general superintendent of the Weyerhaeuser lumber manufacturing operations in Everett, Wash.

Dick is survived by his wife, the former Marjorie E. Okes of Route 5, 9th & Park, Everett, and their three children, Steven, Sandra, and Barbara.

Those of us who had the good fortune of knowing Dick during his short stay at Hanover found him a friendly, warm individual and an excellent athlete. The class extends its deepest sympathy to Mrs. Headley and her family.

COLONEL MICHAEL MELVIN SPARK was killed in action on January 15, 1969 near An Hoa, South Vietnam. A native of New York City, Mike entered the Marine Corps as a second lieutenant following graduation. He was awarded the Purple Heart during the Korean conflict when he was wounded while serving with the First Marine Division. Prior to his tour of duty in Vietnam, Mike was stationed at the Pentagon as an aide to the then Undersecretary of the Navy Charles F. Baird. At the time of his death, he was commander of the Third Marine Regiment of the Third Division.

Mike is survived by his wife Eleanor of 3904 Gresham Pl., Alexandria, Va., and children, Laura, Betsy, and Donald. Also surviving are his parents Mr. and Mrs. Victor D. Spark. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Mrs. Spark and all of Mike's family.

1953

On January 4, 1969, JOHN MARKOE WILLIAMS III, M.D., of 34 Scarsdale Avenue, Scarsdale, N. Y., died of a heart ailment in Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, Pa.

Jack was medical director of Ives Laboratories, Inc., a division of American Home Products and was a fellow of the American College of Angiology. A native of Philadelphia, Jack returned there to undertake medical studies and graduated from Temple Medical School in 1960. From 1960-63, he served in the Navy as a lieutenant, completing his internship at St. Albans Naval Hospital.

Jack was married during our junior year to Lisbet Hansell, and lived in what was then Wigwam Circle. The Class extends its deep sympathy to Lisa and their four children, Kristin (born at Mary Hitchcock), Ann, Jennifer, and Andrew. Jack is also survived by his father and mother, his brother, and three sisters.

1963

LIEUT. MICHAEL MCCARTHY JOSLIN, USNR, lost his life on January 31, 1969 in the service of his country as the result of an aircraft accident while engaged in a routine training mission. His F-4J Phantom II aircraft crashed into the coastal waters some 50 miles south of Virginia Beach, Va.

He was born October 22, 1941 in Leominster, Mass., and entered Dartmouth from Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, Texas. After graduating from Dartmouth, he attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Business Administration, where he earned an M.B.A. degree in June 1965.

On July 8, 1965 he entered the Naval Service, receiving his commission on December 17, 1965 from Officer Candidate School, Newport, R. I. He began flight training in January 1966 and won his wings as a naval flight officer in September 1966. He served on recruiter duty for a short time before reporting to U. S. Naval Justice School, Newport, for legal training in October 1967. He reported to Fighter Squadron 101 on January 9, 1967 to begin training in the F-4B Phantom II. Upon completion of his training, he reported to VF-102 in May 1967 while the squadron was deployed in the Mediterranean Sea aboard USS America (CVA-66). In addition to his flying duties, he served as the squadron legal officer.

He deployed again with VF-102 in April 1968 to Southeast Asia and completed 123 combat missions in support of United States efforts against North Vietnam. He was awarded the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the National Defense Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, and seven Air Medals.

He is survived by his wife, Bonny; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Joslin of Chatham, N. J.; and a brother, Peter.

Memorial services were held February 4, 1969 in the Naval Air Station Oceana Chapel, Virginia Beach, Va.

Cmdr. F. G. Fellowes Jr. '52, commanding officer of Fighter Squadron 102, paid this tribute to Lieutenant Joslin: "Lieutenant Joslin was a true 'son of Dartmouth.' He served his country with great skill and dedication for 3½ years. His proficiency as a Radar Intercept Officer and his ability as a naval officer will be sorely missed. He typified everything Dartmouth stands for and was a credit to his college and his country."

Michael McCarthy Joslin '63